Marina is a young waitress and aspiring singer. Orlando is 20 years older than her, and owns a printing company. After celebrating Marina's birthday one evening, Orlando falls seriously ill. Marina rushes him to the emergency room, but he passes away just after arriving at the hospital. Instead of being able to mourn her lover, suddenly Marina is treated with suspicion. So Marina is forced to confront his family and society... She battles the very same forces that she has spent a lifetime fighting just to become the woman she is now - a complex, strong, forthright and fantastic woman.

Director: Sebastián Lelio

Country: Chile | Germany | Spain | USA

Genre: Drama

Year: 2018

Run Time: 01:44:00

imdb Score: 7.4/10 (8,854 votes)

Language: Spanish

Rating: R

Cast: Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco

"Shocking and enraging, funny and surreal, rapturous and restorative, this is a film of startling intensity and sinuous mood shifts wrapped in a rock-solid coherence of vision."David Rooney - THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

"It's how the film handles grief and alienation which makes Marina's story so compelling. "Patrick Gamble - CINEVUE

"Psychologically astute and socially aware as the film is, it is also infused with mystery and melodrama, with bright colors and emotional shadows."A.O. Scott - THE NEW YORK TIMES

"The superb Vega’s steady, liquid, fathomless gaze is so direct that we come to understand that behind it, behind the barricade of defenses she’s built up against an unfriendly world, she is no enigma at all: she is completely known to herself."Jessica Kiang - THE PLAYLIST

"A Fantastic Woman shows that the obvious insults a trans person may endure will, of course, weigh on the psyche, but the death by a thousand well-meaning cuts hurts as well."April Wolfe - VILLAGE VOICE

AWARDS

Academy Awards 2018
Best Foreign Language Film

Berlin Int'l Film Festival 2017
Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay and Director

San Sebastián Int'l Film Festival 2017
Best Latin American Film

Fenix Film Awards 2017
Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress

Black Film Critics Circle Awards 2018
Best Foreign Language

Goya Awards 2018
Best Iberoamerican Film

National Board of Review 2017
Top Five Foreign Language Films

José María Forqué Awards 2018
Best Latin American Film

Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival 2018
Best Film Latino and Best Actress